CSIP: PRELIMS BOOSTER SERIES – 527 GEOGRAPHY
BAUXITE IN INDIA
WHY IN NEWS?
Bauxite market expected to grow at CAGR OF 6.6%
BACKGROUND
Bauxite is basically an aluminous rock that contains hydrated aluminium oxide as main constituent and iron oxide, silica & titania as minor constituents present in varying proportions
DISTRIBUTION OF RESERVES
Odisha alone accounts for 41% of country’s resources of bauxite
- 95% pf bauxite deposits in the state concentrated in the east coast bauxite region which includes districts of Koratpur, Kalahandi, Balangir,
Chhattisgarh
- Spread throughout Maikal range in Bilaspur,Durg and Amarkantak plateau
Jharkhand
- Ranchi, Gumla, Palamau
Maharashtra
- Kolhapur, Pune, Satara.
Gujarat
- Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kheda, Kachchh, Sabarkantha, Amreli and Bhavnagar.
- The most important deposits occur in a belt lying between the Gulf of Kachchh and the Arabian sea through Bhavnagar, Junagadh and Amreli districts.
- PRODUCTION
- Odisha 76% (2022, Indian Bureau of Mines)